Stefan Anacker

Stefan Anacker is a Buddhist studies scholar and translator. He was born in the USA of Swiss parents, and received his doctorate at the University of Wisconsin in Buddhist studies. He has also studied Sanskrit and Old Kannada at the University of Mysore. At present he is a research scholar living in Lausanne Switzerland. (Source: Tsadra commons)

His publications include:

• Stefan Anacker, Seven Works of Vasubandhu: The Buddhist Psychological Doctor, Motilal Banarsidass, 2nd Edition, 2002, Archive version, Naturalisms PDF version

The above text includes translations of the following texts by Vasubandhu:

• Vādavidhi ("Rules for Debate"), translated from a partial reconstruction based on Tibetan extracts
• Pañcaskandhaprakaraṇa ("Summary of the Five Heaps"), translated from the Tibetan translation by Jinamitra, et al.
• Karmasiddhi-prakaraṇa ("Treatise on Karma"), translation based on the Tibetan translation by Viśuddhisiṃha, et al, with reference to the Chinese translation by Xuanzang
• Viṃśatikā ("Twenty stanzas on consciousness only"), translated from a Sankrit edition
• Triṃśikā ("Thirty stanzas on consciousness only"), translated from a Sankrit edition
• Madhyāntavibhāgabhāṣya ("Commentary on the Madhyāntavibhāga"), translated based on Sanskrit sources texts with reference to Tibetan translations
• Trisvabhāvanirdeśa ("Instruction on the Three Natures"), translated from a Sankrit edition

Further reading

• Stefan Anacker, Tsadra Commons